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Female bird with a male in enclosure (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

peahen

'female bird' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'a male in enclosure' is the wordplay.
'male' becomes 'he' (he refers to a man).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'enclosure' becomes 'pen' (pen is a kind of enclosure).
'a'+'he'='ahe'
'ahe' placed into 'pen' is 'PEAHEN'.

'with' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for peahen that I've seen before include "water bird" , "Female of a show-off bird" , "Female of the large bird, Pavo species" , "One has showy mate" , "Female bird (with a proud partner?)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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